# Evil Dead Mafia II - Teaser and Sign-Ups \[Game On!\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493 "2010-09-29T17:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/941 "2010-10-08T16:27:28Z")

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> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#):
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> > [@NAF1138](#):
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> > Dammit, I have been going back and forth on whether or not I should say anything, but it would seem to be clear that Oy! isn’t vanilla town. Does everyone else read this post that way?
> 
> Would this mean that if Oy! is scum, then scum have no fake VT roles provided?

ohhh! Or this is also an indication that if Scum do have Vanilla role claims, then Oy! is not Scum (doesn’t rule out 3rd party)

(I made this post a while ago, but neglected to notice that it didn’t send because of the 60 second rule)

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**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/942 "2010-10-08T16:33:28Z")

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> [@special\_ed](#):
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> > [@Stanislaus](#):
> >
> > And vice-versa, there’s no way in any case that story is going to provide scum with fake vanilla claim that doesn’t actually look like a real vanilla claim.
> > 
> > I hate to say it, but I do think the claim might be genuine. Simply because I don’t see the value for Scum in such a weak claim. Vanilla isn’t a role that we’re going to be thrown into a panic over. He’s not pushing for us to unvote him. But if we don’t, what’s the point in burning a fake claim? They only have value if they actually stop you from being lynched, and this claim seems particularly unlikely to achieve that goal.
> 
> it does make sense for a Scum who doesn’t want to use up a claim that might come in handy later for someone else on the Scum team. Someone who might have a better chance of wiggling out of the noose.

Yeah, but if you don’t have a good chance to wiggle out of the noose, why use up a claim? “There’s no extra loss to killing me and I don’t want you to unvote me” isn’t the kind of claim that gets people off the scaffold. So why bother? If you’re going to fake claim, you have to do it enthusiastically enough to make it likely to work. (And doing it weakly to bluff someone like me is a similarly low-percentage shot.)

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**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/943 "2010-10-08T16:36:25Z")

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> [@NAF1138](#):
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> The question I have about Oy! is, would scum have not noticed that the power roles were individualized based on the sample Vanilla PM? I think they would have, my guess is that Oy! isn’t scum.

Power roles are always individualised, by their nature. Did you mean, would scum have not noticed that the \*\*vanilla \*\*roles were individualised?

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**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/944 "2010-10-08T16:38:35Z")

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otay, then.

**mcginty** i am still voting for you because of the **roman** stuff. it seemed like you were really convinced he was skimming town as opposed to focused scum. and i have never played with the either of you before (at least i don’t think so) so perhaps your observation was spot on. but i don’t have that background and it just seems like you were trying to distance yourself from a “slip” that you knew to be honest.

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**Author:** ![Mrs\_McGinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Mrs\_McGinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_McGinty)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/945 "2010-10-08T16:40:48Z")

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> [@peekercpa](#):
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> **mcginty** i am still voting for you because of the **roman** stuff. it seemed like you were really convinced he was skimming town as opposed to focused scum. and i have never played with the either of you before (at least i don’t think so) so perhaps your observation was spot on. but i don’t have that background and it just seems like you were trying to distance yourself from a “slip” that you knew to be honest.

It seemed like I was really convinced? How do you read that into anything I said?

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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/946 "2010-10-08T16:41:33Z")

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> [@Stanislaus](#):
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> > [@NAF1138](#):
> >
> > The question I have about Oy! is, would scum have not noticed that the power roles were individualized based on the sample Vanilla PM? I think they would have, my guess is that Oy! isn’t scum.
> 
> Power roles are always individualised, by their nature. Did you mean, would scum have not noticed that the \*\*vanilla \*\*roles were individualised?

Yes…yes I did.

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/947 "2010-10-08T16:49:49Z")

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Aw, fuck it. No, I’m not vanilla. I screwed up, and I knew it a couple of minutes after I made that post, but by then I was on my way out of the door.

Here is my role:

Welcome to the game; you are the Novice Witch

ALIGNMENT: Town  
GENERIC: Inventor  
WIN CONDITION: All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished.

BACKGROUND:

You have only recently discovered the art of witchcraft. You are an idealist at heart, and you firmly believe that the power of love, nature, and fluffy puppies can overcome even the darkest of evil magic. Accordingly, when you heard of the demon threat centering on this lonely cabin in the woods, you collected up your best magickal materials and hastened to play your part in the coming battle.

Too bad you didn’t read past Page Six of Sabrina’s Big Book of Spells; there’s some really kick-ass stuff in there.

Ah, well. You have what you have. You are at heart a pacifist, and your goal is to avoid bloodshed wherever possible; accordingly, your powers are supportive and protective in nature.

Good luck!

POWERS:

On any given Night, you may choose to use any of the items below to cast a spell targeting the player of your choice. The spell will permanently consume the item; if you run out of items, you run out of powers.

1. Small Mirror - With this small mirror, you may cast an enchantment on yourself to make you resemble another player. For that Night, any actions targeting you will fail. Any actions targeting your target will affect you instead.

2. Blue Crystal - Use this item and you will be able to observe the player of your choice in his/her travels for that Night, and learn his or her target.

3. White Powder - With this item, you may cast a spell rendering the player of your choice stronger and more skillful; any actions attempted by this player on the Night after you cast the spell will succeed, even if the player is role-blocked or otherwise prevented from acting (a player operating under the influence of the White Powder will be able to penetrate the illusion generated by the Small Mirror, #1 above). You may use the white powder on yourself, if you wish.

4. Clay Doll - With this item, you may cast a spell that will reveal the role name and generic power description (but not alignment) of a player of your choice. The spell creates a bond between you and the targeted player, such that he or she will know that you have targeted them with an investigative ability.

5. Small, Fragile Flower - Gift a player (including yourself) with this small, fragile flower and that player will be immune to Night kills for one Night at his or her discretion. A full Night of wearing the flower will cause it to wilt. Also note: the flower functions to protect a player only if no other actions are directed against that player during the Night.

6. Incense - There’s nothing magical about this stuff; it just stinks. Burn it in your room overnight and the scent will overpower any living being who attempts to target you with any action, repelling them and saving your life. Deadites, being from the bleakest, foulest pits of a Demon Dimension (Newark, NJ, to be specific), don’t mind the smell and will not be affected.

So there it is.

Now, if you guys want, you can back off lynching **Oredigger** and I can use the Clay Doll toNight to verify that he is the Pharma Rep. Note that this will not confirm whether or not he is Town, so if he’s Scum, he might have just changed the alignment on his PM and posted it otherwise as is. I don’t think he’s Scum, but given how poorly I’ve played thus far, don’t take my word for it.

If I use the Clay Doll, though, I will need Protection over Night, assuming we die all the way dead in this game, in order to tell you my results. In fact, I kinda need protection in any case, since I assume a Scum roleblocker could block my self-protection ability (Small Fragile Flower) and let Scum kill me anyway.

I am open to ideas as to how best to use my powers.

I’m sorry, Town, that I’ve played so poorly.

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/948 "2010-10-08T16:59:11Z")

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Holy crap.

Man this has been an interesting Day 1. I like Oy’s plan since it keeps me alive and create some confirmed town.

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**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/949 "2010-10-08T17:00:19Z")

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> [@Oy](#):
>
> Aw, fuck it. No, I’m not vanilla. I screwed up, and I knew it a couple of minutes after I made that post, but by then I was on my way out of the door.
> 
> Here is my role:
> 
> Welcome to the game; you are the Novice Witch
> 
> ALIGNMENT: Town  
> GENERIC: Inventor  
> WIN CONDITION: All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished.
> 
> BACKGROUND:
> 
> You have only recently discovered the art of witchcraft. You are an idealist at heart, and you firmly believe that the power of love, nature, and fluffy puppies can overcome even the darkest of evil magic. Accordingly, when you heard of the demon threat centering on this lonely cabin in the woods, you collected up your best magickal materials and hastened to play your part in the coming battle.
> 
> Too bad you didn’t read past Page Six of Sabrina’s Big Book of Spells; there’s some really kick-ass stuff in there.
> 
> Ah, well. You have what you have. You are at heart a pacifist, and your goal is to avoid bloodshed wherever possible; accordingly, your powers are supportive and protective in nature.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> POWERS:
> 
> On any given Night, you may choose to use any of the items below to cast a spell targeting the player of your choice. The spell will permanently consume the item; if you run out of items, you run out of powers.
> 
> 1. Small Mirror - With this small mirror, you may cast an enchantment on yourself to make you resemble another player. For that Night, any actions targeting you will fail. Any actions targeting your target will affect you instead.
> 
> 2. Blue Crystal - Use this item and you will be able to observe the player of your choice in his/her travels for that Night, and learn his or her target.
> 
> 3. White Powder - With this item, you may cast a spell rendering the player of your choice stronger and more skillful; any actions attempted by this player on the Night after you cast the spell will succeed, even if the player is role-blocked or otherwise prevented from acting (a player operating under the influence of the White Powder will be able to penetrate the illusion generated by the Small Mirror, #1 above). You may use the white powder on yourself, if you wish.
> 
> 4. Clay Doll - With this item, you may cast a spell that will reveal the role name and generic power description (but not alignment) of a player of your choice. The spell creates a bond between you and the targeted player, such that he or she will know that you have targeted them with an investigative ability.
> 
> 5. Small, Fragile Flower - Gift a player (including yourself) with this small, fragile flower and that player will be immune to Night kills for one Night at his or her discretion. A full Night of wearing the flower will cause it to wilt. Also note: the flower functions to protect a player only if no other actions are directed against that player during the Night.
> 
> 6. Incense - There’s nothing magical about this stuff; it just stinks. Burn it in your room overnight and the scent will overpower any living being who attempts to target you with any action, repelling them and saving your life. Deadites, being from the bleakest, foulest pits of a Demon Dimension (Newark, NJ, to be specific), don’t mind the smell and will not be affected.
> 
> So there it is.
> 
> Now, if you guys want, you can back off lynching **Oredigger** and I can use the Clay Doll toNight to verify that he is the Pharma Rep. Note that this will not confirm whether or not he is Town, so if he’s Scum, he might have just changed the alignment on his PM and posted it otherwise as is. I don’t think he’s Scum, but given how poorly I’ve played thus far, don’t take my word for it.
> 
> If I use the Clay Doll, though, I will need Protection over Night, assuming we die all the way dead in this game, in order to tell you my results. In fact, I kinda need protection in any case, since I assume a Scum roleblocker could block my self-protection ability (Small Fragile Flower) and let Scum kill me anyway.
> 
> I am open to ideas as to how best to use my powers.
> 
> I’m sorry, Town, that I’ve played so poorly.

Well, I didn’t see that coming. When you first replied, you implied that you were vanilla (at least, that’s what I read into it) so are you trying to recover from that slip since others are asking you explicitly if you are vanilla?

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**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/950 "2010-10-08T17:01:52Z")

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> [@Oredigger77](#):
>
> Holy crap.
> 
> Man this has been an interesting Day 1. I like Oy’s plan since it keeps me alive and create some confirmed town.

But her action would not confirm your alignment.

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/951 "2010-10-08T17:03:11Z")

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> [@Oredigger77](#):
>
> Holy crap.
> 
> Man this has been an interesting Day 1. I like Oy’s plan since it keeps me alive and create some confirmed town.

The problem is, I don’t see any way to create any confirmed Town with my powers. As I pointed out, if I confirm that you are the Pharma Rep, that doesn’t mean you didn’t just change the Alignment on your PM. I can use the Blue Crystal to tell you all if someone commits an Action on another player, but I don’t think I’ll know what that action is.

It’s a cool role, but it’s not as useful as it might look at first glance.

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**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/952 "2010-10-08T17:07:14Z")

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Oy! :  
Why did you feel the need to claim? You’re not under lynch pressure, and you could have stuck with your/Drainbead’s explanation for your post: that you had a generic looking vanilla PM. The scum would have had a bit of WIFOM to play with, but they often do. As it is, it’s kind of random to claim now, especially as a power role.

Special Ed: Why did you ask him if he was specifically claiming vanilla? This is precisely the sort of thing that town should be happy to leave ambiguous until a person is near to be lynched.

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**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/953 "2010-10-08T17:08:00Z")

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> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> What he said is probably a lynching offence anywhere, which is why I’ll be surprised if he’s mafia.

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> I mentioned his attention to detail when playing as mafia. Like most of us who play a lot of games simultaneously, the attention he gives to town roles is rarely so thorough, especially early on.

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> I meant that Romanic would be well aware just how likely such a mistake would be to get him lynched, and thus that he probably wouldn’t make it if he was really paying attention, which I’d expect him to do as mafia.

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> He pays attention as town. Just not as much.
> 
> In a couple of recent games his attention to detail actually made him a suspect, and in both cases he turned out to be mafia.

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> If Roman is scum, you’d have to assume I was behaving in a remarkably stupid manner if I too was his scum buddy.
> 
> **Assuming I’m not quite that foolish, my actions would seem more suspicious if he turns out to be innocent, since I could then be accused of PIS.**

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> I was never certain, but knowing the guy as both of us do, I felt the case against him was nowhere near as strong as everyone else around here believed.
> 
> What I find interesting is how quickly you assumed the dominant town mentality, and moved to throw Roman on the BBQ, ignoring how out of character a mistake like this would be for him as mafia.
> 
> Also, did it not occur to you that, regardless of whether he was scum, you and I would more effectively play ‘good cop’ with Roman, given how everyone else was baying for his blood?

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> Since this is the second time I’ve had to re-explain the point, I guess I must not be making it clearly…
> 
> What I mean is that it would be out of character for Roman to make a mistake like this if he was playing as scum.

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> Further to the previous point, in my experience it’s townies who are much more likely to make stupid mistakes, and I find it a little odd that the whole lynch policy around here seems to involve mass bandwagons on people who screw up and say something dumb. But I’m guess that’s probably a mistaken impression from my first day, right?

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> Oh, and I never said he doesn’t pay attention when he’s town. I said that he doesn’t pay as much attention.
> 
> Also, is it really so hard to believe that a player pays more attention to the game - and to what he’s posting - when he’s scum than when he’s town?

> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#):
>
> It seemed like I was really convinced? How do you read that into anything I said?

\<bolding mine\>

see above

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**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/954 "2010-10-08T17:08:03Z")

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You kno, and as I read Oy’s comments, I thought it was a good way to keep WiFoM on the Vanilla/Power thing.

So much for the thinking carefully before answering the question, eh?

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/955 "2010-10-08T17:08:10Z")

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> [@lilflower](#):
>
> Well, I didn’t see that coming. When you first replied, you implied that you were vanilla (at least, that’s what I read into it) so are you trying to recover from that slip since others are asking you explicitly if you are vanilla?

Yes, I was trying to imply I was vanilla without lying. Obviously it didn’t work very well, but once I’d screwed up, it was the best I could come up with.

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**Author:** ![Natlaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Natlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natlaw)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/956 "2010-10-08T17:08:38Z")

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> [@Oy](#):
>
> I’m sorry, Town, that I’ve played so poorly.

You learn by playing - tip for the future: it wasn’t at all necessary to reveal all your item just you because you slipped you are a power role.

Now scum (if you’re truthful) know exactly what you can do and it doesn’t look all that harmful to them to me (unless you get lucky tracking the killer).  
I see no point in wasting the doll on **Oredigger** unless you suspect him to be a scum power role.

On the Book: in my mind taking it wasn’t replacing Night Action but using the Book would be. But since was wrong about that letting the Book trade hands at Night seems better.

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/957 "2010-10-08T17:08:52Z")

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> [@lilflower](#):
>
> > [@Oredigger77](#):
> >
> > Holy crap.
> > 
> > Man this has been an interesting Day 1. I like Oy’s plan since it keeps me alive and create some confirmed town.
> 
> But her action would not confirm your alignment.

True but it would confirm Oy.

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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/958 "2010-10-08T17:10:07Z")

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> [@Telcontar](#):
>
> Special Ed: Why did you ask him if he was specifically claiming vanilla? This is precisely the sort of thing that town should be happy to leave ambiguous until a person is near to be lynched.

Don’t know about Ed, but I was planing on voting to lynch Oy! if he had said yes. (Oy,are you a he?)

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**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/959 "2010-10-08T17:10:40Z")

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> [@Telcontar](#):
>
> Oy! :  
> Why did you feel the need to claim? You’re not under lynch pressure, and you could have stuck with your/Drainbead’s explanation for your post: that you had a generic looking vanilla PM. The scum would have had a bit of WIFOM to play with, but they often do. As it is, it’s kind of random to claim now, especially as a power role.
> 
> Special Ed: Why did you ask him if he was specifically claiming vanilla? This is precisely the sort of thing that town should be happy to leave ambiguous until a person is near to be lynched.

True. The way NAF phrased it was better.

Once I noticed the ambiguity of Oy’s response, I was satisfied. I’m not sure what caused the full claim

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> [@Oredigger77](#):
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> > [@lilflower](#):
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> > But her action would not confirm your alignment.
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> True but it would confirm Oy.

Ut would confirm Oy? in what way?

That Oy can say you are honest about your name? Big deal. If Oy says you are and you lied, are you going to point that out?

And, even under different circumstance, the best it can prove is Oy’s power, not alignment.

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